Bergius

[ ber-gee-uhs; German ber-gee-oos ]

noun
  1. Frie·drich [free-drik; German free-drikh], /ˈfri drɪk; German ˈfri drɪx/, 1884–1949, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1931.

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Bergius

/ (German ˈbɛrɡjʊs) /


noun
  1. Friedrich (Karl Rudolph) (ˈfriːdrɪç). 1884– 1949, German chemist, who invented a process for producing oil by high-pressure hydrogenation of coal: Nobel prize for chemistry 1931

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